Usual rules apply: synopses are taken from the press releases, snarky commentary is extra, and preview links go to YouTube’s preview pages.. And just in case you were wondering, the DVD prices are the listed retail prices. You can get them cheaper if you buy at discount stores or online.

Another Earth
Fox, 92 minutes, PG-13
BD/DVD with digital copy: $39.99
Rhoda (Brit Marling) and John (William Mapother) are two people whose lives are tragically intertwined after an automobile accident. Playing against that drama is the appearance of what appears to be a duplicate Earth in the sky. Includes two free music downloads from the band Fall on Your Sword, who did the music for the film, five featurettes. Another one of those indie favorites that received very little theatrical release; now’s your chance to see it. Extras: deleted scenes, music video.

The Art of Getting By
Fox, 113 minutes, PG-13
DVD: $29.99
BD: $39.99
George (Freddie Highmore) is a lonely and fatalistic teenager who is befriended by “popular” girl Sally (Emma Roberts), who recognizes a kindred spirit in him. Also stars Rita Wilson, Michael Angarano, Sam Robards, Alicia Silverstone, Elizabeth Reasoer and Blair Underwood. Extras appear to be on BD only; they include four featurettes, commentary.

Becoming Chaz
Virgil Films & Entertainment, 80 minutes, not rated, $19.99
Documentary follows the transition of Chastity Bono (the daughter of Sonny and Cher) as she goes through the transformation of sex reassignment surgery into the man now known as Chaz Bono. Includes interviews with Rosie O’Donnell, Cher, Chaz and Jenn. One of the first titles in the OWN Documentary Club, with OWN standing for “Oprah Winfrey Network.” Extras: alternate scenes.

Chillerama
Image Entertainment, 120 minutes, not rated
DVD: $27.97
BD: $29.97
Horror movie anthology is set on the closing night of the last drive-in theater in America, where four films that have never been shown before are about to get their premieres. Supposedly a “love letter” to the horror movie genre, in the tradition of horror anthologies such as “Creepshow.” I’ll pass, thank you. You go right ahead, if you want to. Extras: commentary, deleted scenes. featurettes, Interviews.

Dinosaur Train: T-Rex Tales
Paramount/PBS, 115 minutes, $12.99
More adventures from the PBS Kids series aimed at pre-schoolers, which uses CGI dinosaurs to teach lessons. Watching this show with my kids, I always wondered why the predator dinos could hang out with the vegan dinos and not get hungry. Extras: interactive game, printable coloring pages, parents guide.

5 Days of War
Anchor Bay Films, 113 minutes, R
DVD: $26.98
BD: $29.99
An American journalist (Rupert Friend) and his cameraman (Richard Coyle) are caught up in the combat zone as Russia sends it’s first airstrikes into Georgia (Russia, not the U.S. state) during the five day war in 2008. They rescue a Georgian schoolteacher (Emannuelle Chirqui) and agree to help her find her family in return for interpreter services. They’re trying to get the story out, but the networks are too busy covering the Beijing Olympics or they don’t care about war anymore. Also stars Val Kilmer. Directed by Renny Harlin. Extras: commentary, deleted scenes.

Friends With Benefits
Sony, 109 minutes, R
DVD: $30.99
BD with digital copy: $35.99
BD/DVD with digital copy: $40.99
Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) are two good friends who decide that a relationship is too much bother, but sex just for the fun of it would work. But as the sex progresses, the friendship starts to get complicated. You can see where this is going, right? I don’t need to explain any more, right? Extras: commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, BD adds: featurettes,interactive guide, Ultraviolet digital copy. Release date: December 2.

The Future
Lionsgate, 91 minutes, R, $27.98
Miranda July and Hamish Linklater star as a thirty-something couple decide to adopt a stray cat, which proves to be a life-changing experience; their decision literally alters the course of time and tests their faith in each other. July also wrote and directed. Extras: behind-the scenes featurette, commentary, deleted scenes.

Hot in Cleveland: Season Two
Comedy Central/Paramount, 484 minutes, 22 episodes, $29.99
Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves and Betty White are three L.A. women and one feisty Midwesterner making the transition to Cleveland in this second season of the sitcom. Includes the first episode of TV Land’s newest sitcom, The Exes. Extras: bloopers, featurettes.

Look: Season 1
Image Entertainment, 308 minutes, 11 episodes, $24.98
Director Adam Rifkin created the documentary film “Look” using footage from surveillance cameras; this is the fictionalized TV series based on the film’s premise; that there are video cameras recording just about everything we say and do. Stars Matt Bushell, Colton Haynes, Lee Reherman and Haley Hudson. Makes me wonder if the web cam on my laptop is working without my knowledge. I hope not. No extras listed.

Mission: Impossible: The ’88 Season
Paramount, 923 minutes, 19 episodes, 5 discs, $39.98
Reboot of 1960s TV series featured Peter Graves reprising his role as Jim Phelps, the head of the Impossible Mission Force, or IMF. Gearing up for the release of “Ghost Protocol” next month. No extras listed.

Now & Later
Cinema Libre, 99 minutes, not rated, $24.95 (BD debut)
A banker (James Wortham) and former Master of the Universe (term used by those bastards who wreck everyone else’s lives at the enrichment of their own, but I digress), is convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison. Abandoned by his wife and friends, nearly suicidal, he jumps bail and escapes to East L.A., where he meets Angela (Shari Solanis), an illegal immigrant who gives him shelter and sex. From the descriptions in the press release, and a quick glance at the trailer, this is definitely a NSFW and possibly home film. The trailer is NSFW as well. Extras: deleted scenes, interviews.

One Day
Universal, 108 minutes, PG-13
DVD: $29.98
BD: $34.98
Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) meet every year on July 15th – the day of their college graduation – to renew their friendship and catch up on each others’ lives. Quirky romantic comedy is supposed to ensue. Extras: commentary, featurettes. BD adds BD-Live capacity.

Our Idiot Brother
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 90 minutes, R
DVD: $29.98
BD: $39.99
Sisters Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) and Liz (Emily Mortimer) have a brother, Ned (Paul Rudd), who is an organic farmer and lacks common sense. After his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, they all take turns housing him. His unflinching honesty messes up their lives a bit, but his eternal optimism starts to shine through the problems he creates. Extras: behind-the scenes featurette, commentary, deleted scenes.

The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 1
Universal, 884 minutes, 16 episodes, 6 discs, $39.98
Lee Majors stars as the title character in this popular 1970s series based on the novel “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin. He was Col Steve Austin, NASA astronaut, seriously injured in an experimental aircraft crash. They replaced his legs and arm, along with one of this eyes, with “bionic” replacements and he became a roving troubleshooter for the government. Includes three pilot films, plus 13 episodes of the first season. Extras: featurettes, interactive guide.

Smallville: The Complete Series
Warner Bros., 9,360 minutes, 218 episodes, 62 discs, $339.88
Complete 10-year run of the origin story of Clark Kent (Tom Welling), who will grow up into the legendary Superman. Includes an unaired Superboy pilot show from 1961, retrospective look at the series, Comic-Con featurette, printed Daily Planet newspaper, episode guide. Packaging includes two lay-flat picture books. At 156 hours, it will take you six-and-a-half days to watch the entire series. That’s straight through, of course. And that doesn’t address the 28 hours of special features. No word on the BD version. Of course, if you’ve already got the first nine seasons …

The Smurfs
Sony, 103 minutes, PG
DVD: $30.99
BD/DVD with digital copy: $40.99
3DBD/BD/DVD with digital copy: $45.99
The evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village and into the real world, where they wind up in Central Park. Neil Patrick Harris is the human who has to try and help them get back to their world before Gargamel tracks them down. Also stars Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, and the voices of Katy Perry, George Lopez and Jonathan Winters. BD comes in a Holiday Gift package set and includes a new Christmas-themed short. Sorry, but I don’t want my kids to know that this movie even exists on DVD. Extras: bloopers, commentary, featurettes, interactive game, music video. BD adds: animated short, deleted scenes, featurettes, interactive game, storyboards, Ultraviolet digital copy. Release date: December 2.

Sons of Perdition
Virgil Films & Entertainment, 80 minutes, not rated, $19.99
Documentary focuses on three teenage boys who are now exiled from the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) sect for the sin of being male and providing competition to church elders for the available womenfolk. Warren Jeffs, the leader of the sect, has just been convicted on charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault of children in Texas. Includes two audio tracks; family-friendly and unedited: plus two commentaries; one director’s, one subject’s. One of the first titles in the OWN Documentary Club, with OWN standing for “Oprah Winfrey Network.” Most of the TV segments I’ve seen on this excommunicated offshoot of the main LDS church have focused on the girls who have escaped it; this is the first to focus mostly on the boys that I know of. Not to be confused with the “Sister Wives” reality show: those folks at least chose their way openly and the wives are all of legal age and have given full consent. Extras: .interviews.

30 Minutes or Less
Sony, 83 minutes, R
DVD: $30.99
BD: $35.99
Small town pizza delivery guy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is kidnapped by two goofballs and strapped with a bomb and instructions to rob a bank and bring them the money. Chaos reportedly ensues. Reunites Eisenberg with “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer. Unfortunately, despite the success of “Zombieland” last year, this one fell flat with critics. Might be worth a rental, though. Extras: deleted scenes, featurette, outtakes. BD adds another featurette. picture-in-picture commentary.

The Wiggles: It’s Always Christmas With You!
NCircle, 105 minutes, $9.99
First holiday DVD in seven years from the Down Under kids band, who have their own corner of San Antonio’s Fiesta Texas. The Wiggles travel to New York and spend it with Joey Fatone of ‘N Sync; then Ireland, joining Irish folk artists Anúna; then back to Australia and the Outback. Extras: music video.